Chapter1 Review and Trance 3
Incoherent Photos of An Old City Photos Are the Warehouse that Stores All 3
Stories in Detail 9
A City Is But A Sand Table 17
A Bird s-eye View of Shanghai 23
Old Fashions 25
Common Objects and Photopraphy 27
Stagnancy and Slowness 31
Enthusiasm for New Fashions 35
Photos Last Longer than Reality 41
Chapter2 Shadow Play of the Past 49
Portraits 49
Daydreaming Among Photos 55
Reeling Mill Women Workers on A Barrow 59
Traces of Renowned Figures 63
Wedding Ceremony in Westem Style 65
A Woman Getting on A Tram 71
Rouged Women Ballad Singers at A Radio Station 77
Soundlessness 81
Full of People 85
Expression 87
Outsiders 89
Hungry People 93
Gambling 95
Sellers of Little Stalls 99
Plump Women 103
Four Dancers 107
Mahjong 111
A Gathering:Looking on just for Fun 115
Chapter3 Photos Are Traces of the Past 121
Have and Have Not 121
The Second Hometown 129
Unknown Photographers 133
Many Buildings Are like This 135
Sasson Mansion and Ajazz Troupe Composed of Elders 139
Stage Sets 143
Interiors of Dwellings 147
Mysterious Villas 151
Old Streets in Pictures 155
Pharmacy and Soy Sauce Shop 161
Silver Taxi Service 165
Public Telephone Booths 171
Sheng Xuanhuai s Abacus 177
Industry of Newspapers 179
Chapter4 A City with Human Temperature 185
Famous Old Brands 185
Stangers 189
Lyceum Theater 191
A Large Stage 193
Churches 195
Paper-made Archway:An Old Theater 199
Pawnshop 203
Coffee Shops on the Map 205
Inciting Cinemas 207
To suit the Contemporary Times 209
Out-of-Date Annotations 211
Inconsistency 217
Progress Fashion 221
Demolition 223
Flooded Steets 225
Chapter5 Through the Door of Impression 231
Photography,Revolution and Documents 231
A Repeatedly Used Photo 233
Public Resistance 237
“Another Page of Life Has Been Turned” 239